Crain's Detroit Business reports 87 of those were requested by Republican lawmakers and just two by Democrats. Snyder OK'd 12 of the additional 19 in Democratic districts.

Just as a quick recap, the GOP is firmly in control of the Legislature, but not at an 87:2 ratio. (The Senate is divided 26-12 and the House is 59-50-1).

While some may whine that this road funding scheme is blatantly unfair to Democrats, I defer to Bolger's spokeswoman, Anna Heaton, who blithely declared, "They weren't welcomed into the discussion because they didn't vote for the funding."

True dat, as the kids say.

I suppose you could argue that road money was tucked inside a massive budget bill last year and Dems had many reasons to vote against it, like cuts to local governments.

But Republicans are in charge of all three branches of government in Michigan. And to the victor go the spoils.

So I think the GOP really shouldn't stop at roads.

How much grousing has there been from Democrats over education cuts since Republicans took complete control in 2011? Well, almost as much as the Twitterverse has done over the ending of some show called "How I Met Your Mother" (Seriously, guys, get a grip).

Looks like it's time to show Dems what they get for voting against various education budgets. Republicans should increase school funding -- but only for those in their districts. And forget about needing a tax increase. The money can come out of districts represented by lowly Democrats.

That'll teach kids for being born and raised in the wrong area.

True, this will come as a great disappointment to the DeVos-affiliated Great Lakes Education Project, which has passionately advocated for equal levels of state school funding for all districts.

But let's face it. The word for such an agenda is "socialism" -- and the freedom-loving Republicans in charge of our state must resist that siren song.

As Mitt Romney so eloquently noted, we already have a president who's trying to make everyone the same by redistributing wealth from hardworking job creators to the 47 percent that doesn't pay federal income taxes. The last thing we need is to apply that Marxist philosophy to our schools.

It's also time for Republicans to only fund public safety in GOP districts. Some areas are more important than others for the Michigan State Police and local law enforcement to protect.

While Snyder has been a do-gooder beefing up efforts in Detroit, it's time to stop. The only lawmaker representing Motown who isn't a Democrat is independent Rep. John Olumba (who doesn't even bother showing up to work a lot).

It's time for Democratic areas to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. That's the way government works. We all pay taxes, but they should only go where the ruling party deems necessary.

In adopting this eminently reasonable strategy of governing by pettiness, Republicans may finally achieve the impossible dream of appeasing the ultra-conservative Tea Party wing.

Of course, Democrats will probably retaliate if they're ever back in power. But I'm really not sure what could possibly go wrong.

Susan J. Demas is Publisher and Editor of Inside Michigan Politics, a nationally acclaimed, biweekly political newsletter. She can be reached at susan@sjdemas.com. Follow her on Twitter here.